PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sergiy Sklyar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Buzz Cloltran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Sklyar might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Scarface - No Tears. Cloltran is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by F**k What Happens Tonight. Sergiy Sklyar had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Sklyar
vs
Cloltran

160 cm
29
140 lbs
26 - 7 - 1

168 cm
30
142 lbs
25 - 3 - 2

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Sergiy Sklyar!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 3 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Buzz Cloltran!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sklyar misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cloltran counters with a nice uppercut.
Sklyar moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sklyar lands with an overhand left.
Sklyar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've been hearing reports that Sklyar has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Cloltran takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Sklyar connects with a solid leg kick.
Sklyar is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sklyar misses with a head kick.
Cloltran is looking to clinch.

Sklyar darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sklyar wants to pass the guard but Cloltran is defending well.
Sklyar thows a huge punch but Cloltran dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sklyar looks to land a strike but Cloltran avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Cloltran working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Sklyar.
Cloltran keeping moving, preventing Sklyar from controlling successfully.
Sklyar throws a big right hand that misses.
Sklyar pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cloltran is keeping the position for now.
Sklyar trying to control the position from guard on top but Cloltran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cloltran trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sklyar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Sklyar has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Sklyar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Sklyar throws an elbow that misses. Cloltran uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sklyar's guard. Nice move by Cloltran!
Cloltran postures up in Sklyar's guard and throws a big left but Sklyar blocks it.
Sklyar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cloltran with a nice head shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sklyar manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar avoids the attempt from Cloltran to control.
Sklyar cracks Cloltran with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Sklyar looking to ground and pound but Cloltran is blocking nicely.
Sklyar lands a couple of good shots and Cloltran has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Sklyar throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Sklyar cracks Cloltran with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Cloltran from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Sklyar lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Sklyar.
Sklyar misses with a punch to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar missing with strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cloltran covering up well under a series of strikes from Sklyar.
Sklyar lands a shot to the body.
Sklyar controlling well, preventing Cloltran from escaping the position.
Sklyar cracks Cloltran with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Cloltran from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Sklyar thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Cloltran is keeping busy.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergiy Sklyar dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cloltran misses with a straight right.
Cloltran looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cloltran misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cloltran checks a low kick from Sklyar.
Sklyar misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Sklyar throws a hook to the side of Cloltran's head but Cloltran sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sklyar stuffs the takedown.
Cloltran throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sklyar looks to throw the jab but Cloltran is out of range.
Sklyar scores with the left hand. Cloltran knows he should have avoided that one.
Cloltran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sklyar moves away.
Sklyar's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Sklyar duly obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sklyar moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

Sklyar gets the takedown into side control.
Cloltran is trying to improve his position.
Sklyar trying to control the position but Cloltran is working away.
Cloltran is looking to regain half guard here but Sklyar keeps moving and retains side control.
Cloltran has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Cloltran avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sklyar.
Cloltran avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Sklyar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Sklyar.
Sklyar working the strikes but Cloltran uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Sklyar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cloltran knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Sklyar missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cloltran regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sklyar.
Sklyar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran wants to sweep but no luck.
Sklyar lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sklyar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cloltran works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sklyar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sklyar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Sklyar throwing shots but Cloltran is blocking nicely.
Cloltran is pressing down on Sklyar's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Sklyar throws a big right hand that misses.
Sklyar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sklyar working some strikes from top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran keeping full guard, as Sklyar tries to pass.
Sklyar wants to control from the top but Cloltran keeps moving.
Sklyar is stalling in the full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sklyar lands a couple of decent looking shots.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sklyar pushing down on Cloltran's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cloltran makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cloltran.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sergiy Sklyar dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Sklyar tries for a takedown but Cloltran sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cloltran avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sklyar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Sklyar misses with a hook

so Cloltran counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Sklyar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cloltran is one step ahead there.
Sklyar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sklyar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cloltran working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sklyar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Sklyar trying to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloltran postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cloltran postures up in Sklyar's guard and throws a big left but Sklyar blocks it.
Sklyar trying to control the position here.
Cloltran scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sklyar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cloltran throws a big elbow that misses.
Cloltran throws a big right hand that misses.
Sklyar trying to control the position here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran throwing strikes but missing.
Cloltran won't allow Sklyar to sweep him here.
Sklyar is controlling Cloltran's posture.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cloltran wants to control from the top but Sklyar keeps moving.
Sklyar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cloltran fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cloltran misses the jab.
Cloltran throws a sloppy head kick and Sklyar moves out of range easily.

Cloltran shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Sklyar napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cloltran sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Sklyar is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
You can see the frustration on Sklyar's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cloltran in side control, throwing shots but Sklyar defends.
Sklyar is not content to let Cloltran control the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran in side control, throwing shots but Sklyar defends.
Sklyar regains half guard.
Cloltran working over Sklyar with some ground and pound. Sklyar looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sklyar tries to roll over but Cloltran keeps him under control.
Sklyar is trying to control but can't.
Cloltran not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sergiy Sklyar overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cloltran not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Sklyar manages to get to full guard.
Cloltran postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Buzz Cloltran really dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Cloltran tests Sklyar's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Sklyar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cloltran counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Cloltran slips a jab from Sklyar.
Sklyar checks a leg kick.
Sklyar ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sklyar throws a leg kick that misses.
Sklyar rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cloltran counters with a nice body shot.
Sklyar cracks Cloltran with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.

Sklyar dives in and scores a takedown into Cloltran's guard.
Sklyar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Sklyar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Sklyar with a flurry of punches that miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloltran wants to sweep here but Sklyar controlling him for the moment.
Sklyar throws a strike but Cloltran rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sklyar seems keen to control Cloltran's posture.
Cloltran throws a big right hand that misses.
Cloltran postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar working a defensive guard here.
Cloltran keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sklyar's head.
Sklyar controlling Cloltran's posture.
Cloltran trying to control but Sklyar is working from the bottom.
Sklyar has momentary wrist control but Cloltran slips an elbow through the middle.
Cloltran postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sklyar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cloltran is one step ahead there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cloltran won't allow Sklyar to sweep him here.
Cloltran loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sklyar avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cloltran lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cloltran is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cloltran postures up in Sklyar's guard and throws a big left but Sklyar blocks it.
Cloltran with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sklyar is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cloltran has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Sklyar is working away from the top position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cloltran keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Sklyar lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sklyar not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cloltran is refusing to be controlled, as Sklyar sits in half guard.
Cloltran keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Buzz Cloltran will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Nice body kick from Sklyar.
A telegraphed right hand from Cloltran misses the target.
Sklyar misses with a hook. Cloltran ducked under it nicely.
Sklyar scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cloltran defending well as Sklyar loads up on a big left hand.
Sergiy Sklyar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sklyar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Sklyar.
Cloltran misses with a body kick.
Cloltran throws a solid leg kick but Sklyar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cloltran.
Sklyar throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.

Cloltran instigates a clinch.
Cloltran lands with a left to the head.
Sklyar is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cloltran tries a body shot but Sklyar blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cloltran misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cloltran tries to stall but Sklyar uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cloltran lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Sklyar lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Sklyar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Sklyar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cloltran struggles to land a body shot inside as Sklyar controls his hands.
Sklyar misses with some punches.
Cloltran lands a right hand.

Sklyar gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Sklyar trying to control but Cloltran is working from the bottom.
Sklyar throws a big right hand that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar trying to control the position from guard on top but Cloltran is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sklyar throws a big right hand that misses.
Cloltran wants to sweep here but Sklyar controlling him for the moment.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Sklyar scoring with some ground and pound.
Cloltran looking for a sweep. Not yet Cloltran, not yet.
Cloltran preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar looking to pass the guard.
Sklyar postures up in Cloltran's guard and throws a big left but Cloltran blocks it.
Sklyar trying to move into half guard but instead Cloltran has managed to sweep!
Cloltran throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sklyar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Sklyar working a defensive guard here.
Sklyar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Cloltran looking to pass the guard.
Sklyar controls Cloltran momentarily but Cloltran frees himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sklyar is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cloltran is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.

Sergiy Sklyar has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Sklyar bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sklyar throws a big shot that misses.

Cloltran clinches.
Cloltran taking a breather.
Sklyar is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cloltran gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Sklyar misses with a body punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cloltran misses with a hook to the ribs.
Sklyar tries to work over Cloltran's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cloltran fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sklyar blocks an uppercut.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Sergiy Sklyar.
I think Sklyar has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:47
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 49:47
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 49:46

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sergiy Sklyar!
Sergiy Sklyar retains his bantamweight title!
Our winner, Sergiy Sklyar, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.